Podcast: SSD For High Performance, But HDD Suits 'Warm' Workloads
ComputerWeekly, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
We talk to Axel Stoermann of drive maker Kioxia about the efficiencies and performance that flash storage can bring, but why hard disk drives are still a key choice in some use cases
In this podcast, we talk to Axel Stoermann, Kioxia's vice-president and chief technology officer for memory and solid-state disk (SSD) products in Europe, about energy efficiency in flash storage hard disk drives (HDDs).
Stoermann outlines why HDDs still rule the roost for data where access requirements aren't so pressing, but how flash storage is king for low-latency workloads.